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Marital rape is impliedly recognized. Rape committed against the wife, also known as marital rape, is impliedly acknowledged under the new law, which provides that the subsequent forgiveness by the wife as the offended party, in case its the husband who is the offender, shall extinguish the criminal action or the penalty. (Article 266-C)
3. Fourth mode of committing rape. Prior to 1997, rape is considered committed by having carnal knowledge of a woman: (1) by using force or intimidation; (2) when the woman is deprived of reason or otherwise unconscious; or (3) when the woman is under twelve years of age or is demented.
The new law added a fourth mode of committing rape on a woman by fraudulent machination or grave abuse of authority.